From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday arrested Delhi Health and Home Minister Satyendra Jain of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in an alleged hawala transaction related to four Kolkata firms, a month after it had attached properties worth Rs 4.81 crore of the family and the companies controlled by him.
In an investigation of the money laundering by Jain, the ED had earlier issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for attachment of the assets.
The ED action follows an FIR registered in 2017 by the CBI against Jain and others on the charge of allegedly possessing disproportionate assets, under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The CBI FIR had said Jain could not explain the source of funds received by four companies, in which he was a shareholder. It had registered a case of corruption against Jain, his wife and four others.
Only recently, the ED had summoned him for questioning. He was also questioned in 2018.
